Month: May 2016

  • The Conviction of Hissène Habré

    The Conviction of Hissène Habré

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      Today, the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal convicted former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, who ruled from 1982 to 1990, of crimes against humanity. Habré is accused of 40,000 politically-motivated killings and the torture of approximately 200,000 people before he was overthrown by the current…president Idriss Déby, who was his former chief military advisor. Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch… Read.

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